#babau

His name is Adrian Nero, he is a Babau from central Italy, works for Laplace, and is a redesign of my Reverse 1999 self insert

📜New creature spreadsheet made for the Babau!

"The babau is an assassin, a murderer, and a sadist—certainly not unusual traits, yet their penchant for stealth and surprise sets them apart from their kin. Babaus form from mortal souls of lone killers—those who took pleasure in more personal murders, and particularly those with grisly patterns to their killings."

—Source: Archives of Nethys Remastered.

We used the Rurouni Kenshin opening "Sobakasu" as a musical intro for the Babau battles when we played Wrath of the Righteous AP 😂.

n the countries of central and Eastern Mediterranean, children who misbehave are threatened with a creature known as "babau" (or "baubau", "baobao", "bavbav", or "بعبع (Bu'Bu'" or similar).

In Italy, the Babau is also called l'uomo nero or "black man". In Italy, he is portrayed as a tall man wearing a heavy black coat, with a black hood or hat which hides his face. Sometimes, parents will knock loudly under the table, pretending that someone is knocking at the door, and say something like: "Here comes l'uomo nero! He must know that there's a child here who doesn't want to drink his soup!".

Pic by butterfrog on deviantart

It is also featured in a widespread nursery rhyme in Italy: "Ninna nanna ninna oh, questo bimbo a chi lo do? Lo darò all' uomo nero, che lo tiene un anno intero." (English: "Lullaby Lulla Oh, who do I give this child to? I will give him to the Boogeyman, who's going to keep him for a whole year") L'uomo nero is not supposed to eat or harm children, but instead takes them away to a mysterious and frightening place.

Omaggio al Genio di Paolo Poli - Homage to the Genius of Paolo Poli